(Reuters) - An Apple Inc (AAPL.O) store employee has started a union in a rare move at a company known for its near-fanatical following and cutting-edge mystique.

Cory Moll, a part-time employee at an Apple store in San Francisco, is working to form a union to fight for better wages and benefits and to address what he says are unfair practices in the company's glass-and-steel retail showrooms.

as always, it will be fun to see a committed left winger like Jobs deal with the left wing unions. He is capitalist by day, and leftie by night, in terms of how Apple is run. They strategically have used oversees labor and manufacturing and non-union supplier/shippers, etc from one end of the supply chain to the other. I like Apple quite a bit and respect Jobs greatly for what he and his company have accomplished. This upcoming battle is intriguing to me.

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posted on 06/12/2011 10:20:19 AM PDT
by ilgipper
( political rhetoric is no substitute for competence (Thomas Sowell))

It used to be that if someone didn’t like their job, they would quit and go find another one. If the person has any sense and marketable skills, he should be able to find a job even in this bad economy.

He should be using his energy to squeal about the high taxes he is paying.

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posted on 06/12/2011 10:20:49 AM PDT
by basil
(It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")

Living here in liberal SF, I agree with you. Your comments are an accurate reflection of the inevitable situation for Apple and other companies. The plight of retail employees trying to make a living in this city is real.

That is quite illegal and would net Apple a multi-million fine. But, Apple could inform workers that should they go union, they will lose ALL benefits and will fight every union proposal. Let them strike since you can almost never make up the losses incurred by a strike.

Or....move to Hecho en Mexico.

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posted on 06/12/2011 10:31:10 AM PDT
by chooseascreennamepat
(I have a liberal arts degree, do you want fries with that?)

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